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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, South Carolina.
Page Number Eight
Floods Do Great
Damage In Two Caro-
linas And Georgia
HIGHEST RIVERS SINCE 1908;
M^NY BRIDGES AND AP
PROACHES WASHED
AWAY
At Chamberlain’s Ferry Savannah
River lacked four or five feet of be
ing as high as it went in 1908, how
ever, the damage to crops altmg the
stieam could not have been much
worse had it reached the 1908 high
water maik. for practically all the
corn and other lowland crops were
ruined and a number of mules, cows
and hogs lost in pastures along the
banks.
Tributaries to Savannah River
were also* higher than they have been
since 1908, and did great damage to
crops and biddges. There were no
bridges lest on State highways i n
McCormick County, howfever, many
of them were under several feet of
water Thursday and Friday. The
county lost a number of bridges over
streams on cross country roads and
will be put to considerable expense
in repairing and lebuilding bridges
and putting badly washed reads in
passable condition. This work is
being pushed as rapidly as possible.
A detailed report is not available at
this time but will be published next
week.
McCormick had no trains to nor
from Augusta Friday and Saturday,
and trains between McCormick and
Anderson were late in most in
stances. Regular schedules were re
sumed Sunday.
The following is from The Colum
bia State of Sunday.
Flood waters at Columbia are re
ceding and are expected to continue
to dr'op,.
The Congaree reached a crest
stage of 33.5 feet at 2:30 yesterday
morning, according to official read
ings by Richard H. Sullivan, meteor
ologist in charge of the Columbia
weather bureau. Unofficial readings
made at the Columbia waterworks at
2 a. m. yesterday morning, however,
showed that the water reached with
in two inches of the I'ecord of 35.8
feet made August 27, 1908. The last
reading, taken at 4 o’clcok yester
day afternoon, showed the flood had
fallen to 31.5 feet at the Gervais
, * street bridge.
Mr. Sullivan predicted that the
river would possibly n:ach 36 feet,
setting a new record over the 19081
marl4 but the heavy rains have made
it exteremely hard to say exactly
what the river would do and Mr.
Sullivan gave out the high water pos
sibilities Friday night in order to
warn all persons who had exposed
property to protect it from a likely
record flood.
As a parting gesture of contempt
for man-made obstacles, the reced
ing red floods of the Congaree swept
away the last of the five spans of the
Broad River bridge on the outskirts
of Cc»!umb:a, the span being washed
away from the Newberry side at
about 7 o’clock last nighft Early yes
terday morning about 30 feet of the
. hundred or more feet of trestilng re
maining of the structure ch the Co
lumbia side were torn from their
moorings and hurled down the tur
bulent tide.
& Yesteiday’s damage completes the
destruction of the bridge properthe
first of whose spans went early
Thursday morning after steel cables
had hold the bridge instact follow
ing the loss of four woeden bents
which supported the structure.
Shortly after, another span left and
Friday two more spans floated down
with the rushing wateis. A heavy
concrete pier, one of tho original sup
ports of the old bridge destroyed by
fire several years ago disappeared
in the flood Friday.
The Congaree river will probably
go down to flcod stage of 15 feet
by Wednesday, Mr. Sullivan indicat
ed last night. Meanwhile, the high
waters which have prevailed at Co
lumbia will move down the ri\ier and
a 27 foot flood is to be expected at
Kingsville by Tuesday, or Wednesday.
Run c£f from recent rains shows
that floods in the upper reaches of
the Broad, Saluda and Watenee rivers
are subsiding. The flood will move
on down the rivers and at Rimini
• the Santee river will probably reach
30 feet by Wednesday. At Ferguson
the Santee is expected to reach 31
feet by Thmeday or Friday.
The Broad river reached its crest
^ of 30 feet at 1:30 yesterday morning
at the Bi oad river bridge, no' ord’n 0
to engineers but by 10 c/clock had
fallen to 29 feet.
The Wateree river at Camden was
at 35 feet early Friday night but a
reading taken by the weather depart
ment at 4 o’clock yesterday after
noon showed 33.6 feet.
At Chappells the Saluda river had
dropped at 8 o’clock yesterday morn
ing to 27.7 feet from a reading of
29.1 feet at 4 o’clock Friday after
noon.
At 8 o’clock yesterday morning the
* river at Pelzer had receded to 13
feet from 18 feet at the same hour
! Friday morning. At Chappells the
! reading was 27.7 feet, a recession of
2.6 feet in 16 hours. The reading at
Blairs was 35 / 1 feet, a fall of 4.3
feet since 4 o’clock Friday afternooh.
The r iver at Catawba had receded 1.4
feet to 231 feet s nee noon Friday
At Malta the river had risen .7 feet
to 12.7 feet.
The Congaree at Rimini shc-wed
21.8 xeet at 8 o’clock yesterday morn-
inj a rise of 2 5 feet since Friday.
At Ferguson it had risen 1.1 feet to
15 fc«t. At Cher aw the flood in-
c' f ased to 32.3 feet, an increase of
18.5 feet since the last reading.
Small rises were reported at Mai's
Bluff, Effingham Kir.gstree and
Augusta.
Tin Augusta Chron cle of Sunday
says:
After having flooded the lowlands
of North Augusta and Hamburg,
and beating vainly at the Augusta
levee, the Savannah river which for
two days kept Augustans in sus
pense was rapidly falling last night,
and from all indications the stream
will reach its level by tomorrow if
not soonen The river set a record
height of 40 feet, five inches at 8
o’clock Friday night, remaining at
that height until 11 o’clock that
right when it began to recede. In
formation from the Fifth street
bridge late last night was that the
fall was about 4 inches an' hour.
Local weather reports indicate that
all is clear in the upper watershed,
no ra n having fallen in that area
for several days.
The flood waters of the stream
continue to hold in North Augusta
and Hamburg covering the trolley
tracks and highway in the North
Augusta section, while inhabitants of
a negro settlement in Hamburg are
still without shelter, due to the wat
ers having flooded their honjes.
Manufacturing plants in those two
sections also rema’n water-bound. It
will probably be a full day or more
bcrfo:<e all c-f the water recedes in
those sections.
Reports from sccticcis along the
liver below Augusta, in both Geor
gia and South Carolina, show a
heavy damage to crops and livestock.
Two of the railroads, the Charles
ton & Western Carolina railroad and
the Atlantic Coast Line railread,
which for several days d scontinued
senvice, go back to regular traffic
today, according to reports from
railroad officials last night.
The Southern railroad, it was stat
ed by officials, hoped to r sume serv
ice today but ncVhing definite could
be given, as cons derable work is yet
to be done to the railroad bed on the
west end of the Hamburg yards.
The highway traffic to South Car
olina has been restored to' a great
extent. Traffic is now being allow
ed the use of the Fifth street bridge,
the roadway freon the bridge to the
hill beinig saved.
It will probably be several days
before traffic will be able to uso
the North Augusta bridge, as the
flood waters still cover the ifcadway
and no doubt great holes have been
washed in the highway as the water
was very swift at points where it
crossed tho road. It is also under
stood that considerable woik will
have to be done at the foot of the
bridge on the Carolina side, the
water having undermined some sec
tions of tho dirt fill on the approach
to tlv. structui'a.
The Sand Bar Ferry read after
leaving the levee to the approach of
the bridge will be opened only to
light traffic for the next few days.
This part of that -highway was under
18 inches of water, and it was first
feared that the paving would be
swept away, but tireless work on the
part of connty and highway officials
saved the ioad. G. C. Blount, state
lighway division engineer, announc- *
od last night that no heavy traffic
would bi allowed on the road at all
today. ‘ Police from South Carolina
and Georgia will be at both ap
proaches to the bridge to regulate
ie traific, it was stated by Mr.
Blount. The speed limit on that sec-'
o of the highway has been limited
to 20 miles an hour. •
Br. Blount also announcod that the
highways leading out from Augusta
to Savannah are now open and can
be traveled in safety.
The highway to Atlanta is open by
he way of Athens, and also by the
way of Madison,. Athens is on Route
‘. a. d Madison is on Route 12.
iilledgeville can also be reached now
nt of Augusta. From Millcdgeville
o Macon a short detour is made at
Giays.
The road to Furey’g Ferry remains
closed, the water being high where
tl»3 ferry boat crosses.
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There is one nice thing about a
bi' T :£n l '"- -the doctor cfbesn’t advise
you to have your tons'ls cut out. 1
HOW:
HAILSTONES ARE FORMED
IN THE HOTTEST DAYS.—
It is duiing summer-time that
hailstones occur most frequent
ly-
One might expect that these
balhi of ice would fall from the
sky on the cold days of winter,
but it is the heat of summer
that gives rise to them, for they
can be formed only in thundery
weather.
When there is thunder about
there are always very strong up
ward draughts of air. As lain-
drops begin to fall they are
caught by these currents and
carried to great heights, where
they freeze solid. If they now
fall to earth they arrive in the
form of the small hailstones
that are usually seen.
Sometimes, however, after
falling through the clouds and
receiving a coating of moisture,
th^y are carried up again by
other currents. The moisture
freezes upon them, increasing
their size.
The process may go on for
some time, in which case the
hailstone receives coating after
coating of ice until It becomes
as large as a marble or even an
egg. Then It falls with millions
of others, destroying crops,
tearing fruit off the trees, and
even killing cattle In the fields.
How Fireplace Developed
The development of the modern
fireplace, which is today more senti
mental than utilitarian, has been slow.
In fact, until comparatively recent
years there had been ao marked im
provement in methods of building
chimneys, flues and fireplaces over
the methods employed centuries ago.
Excavations in Pompeii have disclosed
fireplaces of excellent construction,
differing only in such features as •
dampers, ashpits and improved linings
from the best construction of today.
The mantel is of very ancient origin,
but in all probability its first employ
ment was not for the purpose of orna
mentation, but rather to secure bet
ter drafts; and the word mantel itself
was originally identical with mantle,
meaning a cloak; and fireplaces in
primitive days were sometimes cov
ered with a screen-like device. With
greater skill in building chimneys and
especially in creating back walls that
improved drafts, the mantels became
smaller and were used more for dec
orative effect.
How Industry Has Grown
In 1800 the manufacture of paper ,
boxes was a staple industry and 50
years later there were 82 factories in
the United States. In 1860 machinery
began to be'developed, but up to that
time everything was done by hand.
In 1869 the total sales were slightly
more than $1,000,000, manufactured in
249 plants, employing about 4,700 peo
ple. In 1879 the product had advanced
to $7,500,000, and In 19^0 the output
was valued at $55,000,000. In 1919.
which was the last survey made of
the industry, it had showed a remark
able growth. The capital invested
was $57,000,000 and the value of the
product $125,000,000; people employed.
57,000. These figures are for the set
up box industry only.—^International
Confectioner.
—
How Rails Are Hardened
The first application in America of
the process for hardening railway rails
after they have been laid is reported
from Toronto, according to the Elec
tric Railway Journal. A blowpipe is
mounted on wheels and passed over
the surface of the rail at a-speed thni
gives a temperature of 850 degrees
Centigrade to all points heated. Im
mediately after heating a Jet of wa
ter is played upon the rail, the effect
being to harden the surface and pro
long Its wearing qualities. The pro
cess is effective to a depth of froir
two to three-tenths of an inch, a-corrt
Jng to the pressure used in the blow
pipe.i—Philadelphia Record.
Aunt Lucy—For street wear do you |
consider that a lilting costume?
Fannie Flippe-—I’ll say it is. It fits !
so you can see every line of my figure.
Willie Jones, the office boy, had a
poor nemory. One day his employer
sent him upon an errand to the sta
tionery store.
Entering the shop, Willie turned to
the mun l>ehind the counter and re-
marke-l with a puzzled expression:
“I can’t remember what it was the
boss sent me for.”
“Look around,” suggested the clerk
“Perhaps you will see it on one of oui
shelves.”
At that moment the man noticed a
number of flies on the ceiling. Seiz
ing a broom, he made one swipe and
the flies disappeared.
“Ah, I have it,” exclaimed the boy,
“Ceiling whacks.”
NOT SUPERCILIOUS EITHER
AN ADVANTAGE
0^1
“At one time or another he’* looked
down on everyone in the place.”
“What, that shabby fellow?”
“To be sure—he’s the steeple jack
Miss Lizard—Miss Chamelon has the tlie town - ’
advantage of us in one respect at
least.
Miss Frog
Detours.
-And what is that?
thf
, , streaiTns Tt..„
Miss Lizard Sh6 can change her gQ longr as motorists are alive
So long as t^pre are roads to drive
nd lake
How Sense of Feeling
May Be Proved Faulty |
Most people would laugh at the !
suggestion that they could not tell hot
from cold by feeling with their hands,
says S. Leonard Bastln, writing in St.
Nicholas.
The fact that they are not always
able to do so is easily demonstrated
in this way. Arrange three basins on
a table side by side. In the left-hand
basin, place water with lumps of Ice
In It to chill it as much as possible;
In the right-hand basin, pour water
as hot as can be borne without risk
of scalding; in the middle, place a
mixture of hot and cold water so i
that ihe temperature may be interme- |
dlate.
Now get some one to stand with
the left hand in the left basin and the
right in the right. After a minute or |
two, when the hands have become ac- j
customed to the water in which they !
are immersed, put them both into the
middle basin. It is then almost im- |
possible for any one to say whether (
the water in this basin is cold or hot. j
To the hand which came from the !
ice-cold water, the Impression is of
a considerable degree of warmth. As
against this, the hand that had been
Immersed in hot water feels the mix
ture to he quite cold.
This experience demonstrates the
fact that it is not always possible for
the human body to distinguish tem
perature accurately.
complexion whenever she wants.
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T.
M.
There will be detours we must make
On His Mind.
Motorist—Yes, it took me about six
weeks’ hard work to learn to drive my
machine.
Pedestrian—And what have you for
your pains?
Motorist—Liniment.—London An
swers.
A TRAITOR IN THE CAMP
comrade dumbewski: I denounce
you. You are pandering to the cap
italist class.
> Comrade Horskoff: Liar!”
comrade dumbowskl: Then why
do you begin your name with a cap
ital letter? >
Better Choice.
Mrs. Kindly—Fancy a big, strap
ping fellow like you asking for money.
You should be ashamed of yourself!
Beggar—I am, ma’am. But once I
got twelve months for taking it with
out asking.—Pearson’s Weekly (Lon
don).
Oua. CARTOON
K»T IS THE
MlCCRST sav
OFFtcq
B&x we've
fc-OVJ
VISARlUTy
Sentimental Odor.
“You might ask Mary to get these
stains off my coat with a little petrol.”
“Oh, George! I can’t! Since the
chauffeur jilted her she can’t stand
the smell of it.”—Pearson’s Weekly
(London).
ItMTOn
CHEERING HIM UP
Author—I got this idea right out
of my head.
Editor—Well, It may have saved
you the expense of an operation.
A LODGE BROTHER
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BABEL.
Everybody at
the party was
talking at once
They were
quite right.
Everybody
might as well
talk. There was
absolutely n o
fear of inter
rupting any
thing worth lis
tening to.
Mrs. Newgilt—Oh yes, we’^e come
up a lot. We’re real members of the
bon ton.
Mrs. Plainsmith—The Bong Tong,
eh? My laundryman belongs to the
Li Lung Tong. Perhaps you know him
Compensation.
We hear the story of distress
• Repeated o’er and o’er.
1 “I want my taxes to be less
i And tome one else’s more.
HE’D MAKE
THE
SACRIFICE.
Are you in
favor of doing
away with sil
ver cups for
golf prizes this
year?
I c e r tainly
am. I never
hope to win one
of those things
anyhow.
Feeding the Family.
Mrs. Hiram Offun—These little fish
are delicious but you should have
served more of them.
The New Cook—That’s all there
was swiinmin’ in the little glass tank
In the livin’ room.
Protection.
“Do you feel safer since you put up
lightning rods?”
“Kind of,” answered Farmer Com-
tossel. “I at least know they’ll keep
any more agents from cornin’ arountj
to sell ’em.”—Washington Star.
Well, Now.
“Well, now, I don’t approve of this
scanty attire for bathing girls.”
“What’s amiss, mother?”
I “That Miss Giddigirl. She’s going
in without her necklace. Well, now.’ 1
Excerpts On Hoover
From Jeffersonian
Penned By Watson
(Editor’s Note: Th$ s item, sent out
by John Hammond^ Manager of
The Augusta Chronicle b ureau At
lanta, is published by request.)
ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. l^CLjust an
item of interest in connection with
the political discussions of the mcm-
e:rt, and in connection with ti je state
ment made by Son. Clark • Howell
last night in h's address at tti^ state
wide Democratic rally, that the late
Senator Thomas E. Watson he'd de-
cla.'oti in 1918, that Herbert Hbf.yer
was, in Watson’s opinion, one ojf the
most dangerous men on the Ar^eri-
ca n continent to the people of the
United States, the following excerpts
from Watson’s Jeffersonian are jto-
produced:
From the Jeffersonian, August 1*5,
1917, page 5: Y
“No man elected to the presidency
can' enter upon the duties and pow
ers of the office, until he has pub
licly and solemnly taken an oath to
preserve and defend the Constitu-
tion. .....%..
“Why is it that you crouch and
tremble and cringe at the bluff game
played by the daily bought-up Pig
Squeals, the mere ■‘nary town ning-
ster and a salaried preacher who has
forge tten that our Master sharply
drew the line between religion and
politics ?
“ ‘Render unto Caesar the things
that are Caesar’s’; Some of our
preachers interpret this command to
mean that they must tu:M their pul
pits into Caesarian megaphones.”
From the same issue:
“Any person who tells you that
the president or Congress or any
other power has deprived you of your
constitutional rights is an unscrup
ulous liar.”
1
\1T
PULLED IN
Tried your
new auto yet?”
Yes, had a
fine ride.
Go fast?
Not so fast as
1 the cop. That’s
where the "fine”
came in.
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NOT WORTH
MUCH.
Daughter: Pa
pa, Cholly Is
worth his weight
in gol l.
Pap-i: Yes, but
he’s a light
weight.
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PT
AMATORY.
Don’t you
think they are
two souls with
but a single
thought?
Well, I
shouldn’t won
der. They are
both acting like
perfect idiota
From the issue of August 9. 1927:
“If Wilson’s February demands
had been conceded there would not
have been any July congress to Hoov-
erize us and establish at Washing
ton a Bureau despotism which 'can
never be shaken off.”
JXI
Thrills Abound
In Story Of New
•York Honeymoon
-
With two such beautiful leading
women as Evelyn Brent and Greta
Nissen, Thomas Meighan’s new Par
amount production, “Blind Alleys,”
reaching the D'xie Theatre next Fri
day and Saturday is assured of more
than its fair chare of pulchritude. In
addition, those who’ve already seen
the picture advise us that “Blind Al
leys” possesses more than the usual
amount of drama, action, thrills, ex
citement, melodrama and fine acting.
Sounds like a big order to fill but—
I sten to. the story.
Starting :’n Cuba and reaching
New York soo n after the first reel
“Blind Alleys” follows Meighan and
his mate through all the experiences
(hey encounter when arriv’ng in New
Yorl k On their first night in Amer
ica, Tom is shown the inside of a
hospital due to an auto accident and
Greta is kidnapped by a crew of des
perados! Then—!
But why tell any more? If you’re
not blind to amusement values,
“Blind Alleys” looks like an invest
ment wlv’ch should prove an attr ac
tive bargain. Frank Tuttle, director
of nothing but action pictures (re-
mcmb:r “The Lucky Devil?”) gud-
ed the players thrdugh the intrica
cies of Author Owen Davis’ plot.
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COTTON BRIEFS
Concerning a Pencil.
It is a helpful instrument
In office, shop and store;
Besides it helps an awkward geat
Improve his golfing score.
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And Time Too Is Precious.
Employer—Do you believe In love
at first sight, Miss Vamper?
Stenographer — Well, I think it
saves a lot of time.—Sydney Bulletin.
PROBABLY.
She: If I marry
you will you let
me handle all the
money?
He: I’m afraid
you’d expect a
salary besides,
with such a re
sponsible job.
A Tramp’s Reply.
Lady—I don’t believe you were evei
In a place where they had a bathtub.
Tramp—No, mum; me and a bathtub
couldn’t stay In the same house.
Good Luck.
“Is there much luck in golf?”
“Yes, but of course It’s the still
fellow who always has It/’
NEW ORLEANS, La., Aug. IS.—
The easier tc*ne of Liverpool Satur
day, according to private cables was
due to “Continental ard Bombay
rolling which uncovered stop loss
orders.” Manchester reported a small
turnover in cloths and yarns.
Weevil infestation and activity ap
pealed to be increasing. The Okla
homa state agricultural college r'-
noite that infestation near Ardmore
i creased from 17 to 47 per cent on
August 4, or 25 to 26 per cent Fri
day.
The Miss’ssippi state plant board
reports weevils on 154 farms out of
1G2 inspected in 31 counties with in
festation as high as 76 per cent.
Spot sales in southern markets a’ ^
increasing, the total for the week
showing 61, 799 bales, against 77,318
bales during the corresponding week
'as + yea’
Don'.' cheapen your husinesa
rondirt u hy ivritinf! on five
'ttnls t-:l‘lct fHtper. Let The
^Jessrnvr print you some neat
letterheads and envelope**